#jonathansteve

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broke: steve is still in love with nancy

woke: steve has a clear vision of his future and is grasping at straws trying to find the person to make it come true with, it's not about nancy

bespoke: steve is actually pining after jonathan and his newfound passion for nancy is him trying to date jonathan by transitive property

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— crush by ethel cain inspired by anon [ID in alt]

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STONATHAN WEEK 2023 ➧ DAY 2, AU

Jonathan Byers, Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrington met as child actors when they scored the three main roles for the nickelodeon show Scoops Ahoy! Years later, old fans of the show were bewildered to learn that while the show consisted of the two male leads both vying for the attention of Wheeler's character, in real life Byers and Harrington begun a romantic relationship while filming the very last season of the show and have been together ever since.

Jonathan has given up acting, which he took up mainly to support his family and break into the creative branch to begin with, for good. Instead, he's taken to directing and photography. Steve now stars in the much grittier, more serious sci-fi mystery series Hawkins Falls and spends far too much time on Instagram.

While Jonathan is famously averse to social media and public life, fans delight in the snippets they get to see whenever he permits his chronically online boyfriend to post about him and their relationship. Also, everyone knows that all of the best photos on Steve's profile feature Jonathan behind the camera.

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i love when jonathan hears positive things about steve and he's like that guy???? he spent so many years despising the conventional wisdom of his small hometown and then the personification of that breaks the rules and accidentally joins his extradimensional revenge trip.

i hope in s5, we get jonathan and steve and jonathan looking into the camera like he's on the office whenever people try to sell him on steve not being so bad, actually.

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BREAK FROM THE PACK

Jonathan tries to escape from a party. He's not used to people noticing.

NOTE: a stonathan sunday ficlet inspired by the prompt "why do you care?"

you can also read this on ao3 here

“Hey, Byers!” Jonathan turns around reluctantly. He’s just managed to disentangle himself from the masses, so close to a successful escape. But no. That would’ve been too much to ask. 

This never used to be a problem. First, he never used to show up at any party full stop and tonight’s reminded him of all the reasons why. Second, when he does show, no one’s ever noticed him slipping away before. 

“Wait up,” Steve Harrington says now, squeezing through the crowd to catch up with Jonathan, completely unaware that he’s breaking all the rules. He never seems to notice. That it’s not supposed to be like this. 

Jonathan tries not to let it show, just watches as Steve closes the distance between them and throws an arm around his shoulder. He smells very Steve-like with an added pinch of sweat and liquor. His cheeks are flushed pink. Definitely on the drunker side of things. “Where are you going?” 

“Home.” 

“Why?”  

Jonathan wonders if alcohol can have the magical effect of Bambi-fying a person’s features. When his father gets drunk, his face only grows more sunken. Not Steve. He’s beaming at Jonathan in that weird way that makes his stomach twist and he could swear his eyes are bigger somehow. And soft. 

“Why do you care?” It comes out crabbier than Jonathan intentioned. He really wants to get out of here and the weight of Steve is distracting and threatening to change his mind.  

Steve leans in closer, bringing their heads together as if they’re sharing a secret. Jonathan hasn’t drunk anything, but in his chest there’s a low fluttering. “Because,” he says, slowly, like he’s contemplating the question very seriously, “I just do.” 

The breath escapes Jonathan. The hum in his chest doesn’t go away, but the tension in his shoulders does, built up in the weighty little pause Steve built into his sentence. 

“Okay,” he says. 

“No seriously,” Steve insists and puts a little more of himself onto Jonathan’s side. He’s not heavy, just warm and close, getting rid of the last spaces between them. “Did something happen? I saw you with Tommy and Carol. They just talk a lot of shit, you know? They’re idiots.” 

Then why are you friends with them? Jonathan thinks and realizes then that he isn’t really. Not anymore. It’s just this kind of party. Everybody comes and it doesn’t mean anything. He hates it. 

“They are,” he agrees. “Just isn’t my crowd, I guess.” 

Steve moves to the side and Jonathan isn’t expecting it. They sway together as one and stumble over their own feet, halfway into the hedge that borders the little stone path leading to the gate. 

“Mh. Okay.” He turns and looks directly at Jonathan who idiotically forgot to avert his gaze in time. Another pause. Jonathan can smell his breath. It’s not great, but he doesn’t mind so much when it’s paired with brown eyes flicking up and down, catching him in place. “Do you wanna go somewhere else, then?” 

It takes a second or two for Jonathan’s brain to process. “With you?” 

Steve grins. “Yeah.” He frowns briefly. Sways again. “But I don’t think I should drive.” 

“No.” Jonathan looks back to the house and then into the darkness where Steve wants to take him. Only him. “Come on, I’ll drive.” 

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DO U SEE THE TRIMBERLY AS STONATHAN VISION

oh do i ever?!

it's the skepticism @ the stereotypical cool kid. it's the steve tackling jonathan off a cliff (or the other way around, i can see it both ways). it's the fighting over a treat in the restaurant and laughing through it. it's the jonathan making an impossible jump just to escape a conversation. it's the fighting back to back. it's the running through hallways and eventual understanding.

hell yes, i see it! it's so them!